Random Daily Banter

[spen666]

We have 6 months full, 6 months half, then 75% salary via insurance.

Interesting, so if you were on a salary of £1000 per month

You would get £1000 per month for 6 months

Then down to £500 per month for next 6 months, and thereafter an increase back to £750 per month

Not heard of that before

 

[BoldonLad]

Who knows? It basically says that if it rains when you have a BBQ don't be tempted to take it indoors. With the amount of smoke they produce I'd be amazed if anyone had even considered using one in an enclosed space but maybe I need to recalibrate my stupidity meter.

Be amazed. 😂 My younger brother was a fire-fighter (now retired), he was once on a call-out to a flat where occupant had tried to use a disposable BBQ in the living room, and, set fire to the floor covering.

 

[BoldonLad]

I had one colleague who got very upset that she wasn't allowed paid bereavement leave when her cat died. I know people get attached to pets and get genuinely upset when they die so would understand a request for a couple of days' annual leave or even unpaid leave but expecting it as additional paid leave was pushing things especially when the policy didn't allow this for human relatives other than parent, grand parent, sibling or child. I've had another colleague that apparently had more than 4 lots of compassionate leave for grandparents over the time he'd worked at the company. I think he 'lost' 3 in the year I worked with him along with various other relatives. They all seemed to die after he'd used up his annual leave.

Oh yes, in my Contracting days, CQV and similar organisations (NHS, DEFRA etc) there was always someone "off sick" because dog/cat/gerbil/etc was unwell. deceased or whatever. But, the young lady at CQV was the most extreme example I recall, I don't think she put in a full week in the duration of my time there. 😂

 

[First Aspect]

Interesting, so if you were on a salary of £1000 per month

You would get £1000 per month for 6 months

Then down to £500 per month for next 6 months, and thereafter an increase back to £750 per month

Not heard of that before

Exactly this.

And you get full pay every Monday and Friday regardless of whether you wake up in a bad mood and do t want to log on.

 

[spen666]

Exactly this.

And you get full pay every Monday and Friday regardless of whether you wake up in a bad mood and do t want to log on.

How do I get a job there

 

[Pross]

Be amazed. 😂 My younger brother was a fire-fighter (now retired), he was once on a call-out to a flat where occupant had tried to use a disposable BBQ in the living room, and, set fire to the floor covering.

My daughter’s student accommodation got gutted by fire after some other students had a BBQ on the flat roof. She’s still pretty traumatised by it especially as the fire alarms didn’t work and she only got out after someone from another floor hammered on the door to wake her up.

 

[First Aspect]

How do I get a job there

Be careful what you wish for. You'd have to work with me, for starters.

 

[Pblakeney]

There are always individuals who will push the boundaries, in my experience.

How about this one. 6 months leave on 100% salary due to stress after her husband was involved in fisti-cuffs (one punch, black eye, no more).
Being stress she could go to the pub or go on holiday as much as she wanted to de-stress.
Icing on the cake. We all knew redundancy was coming so the day she returned she volunteered and got 3 months pay in lieu of notice plus her 20 year generous package.

Wrong but I kinda admired her chutzpah.

 

[spen666]

Be careful what you wish for. You'd have to work with me, for starters.

i'd have to work?


Forget that, I wanted a job there, not to work

 

[laurentian]

My Mrs is a midwife. One of her colleagues is renowned for the 6 months work/6 months sick pay thing. Obviously cannot fill the position whilst someone is "employed" in the position thus leading to them being short staffed. It seems that the supposed ""critical infrastructure" of the public sector affords its employees more of this type of arrangement than most other places.

 

[First Aspect]

Our neighbour used to be a nurse. She was very critical of the generosity of NHS contracts, when it comes to leave entitlement, extra per children, that sort of thing. She made it sounds like academics are hard done by when it comes to leave, which is some achievement.

If they had more normal working t&cs we need less of them and they could all be paid more.

Arguably.

 

[Pross]

Our neighbour used to be a nurse. She was very critical of the generosity of NHS contracts, when it comes to leave entitlement, extra per children, that sort of thing. She made it sounds like academics are hard done by when it comes to leave, which is some achievement.

If they had more normal working t&cs we need less of them and they could all be paid more.

Arguably.

There's a reason why any mention of reviewing working practices in the public sector seems to equate with strike action (see the big fire brigade strikes 20 years or so back). On one hand they don't value some of the perks they get when they talk about low pay but as soon as those perks come into the spotlight they don't like it. It was no doubt the same in many private sector roles until the 80s but as that workforce has become less and less unionised things like sick leave, pensions etc. have gradually been eroded. In turn that means we have needed more government intervention to stop workers' rights ending up in a race to the bottom with the US.

 

[First Aspect]

Yep. I personally think public sector workers should be offered a choice of 6% contributions into a pension pot plus the equivalent salary they've been sacrificing for the public sector pension, or keep the public sector pension.

Most, if not all, would be shocked that they'd be worse off overall with the higher salary.

 

[CXRAndy]

Anyone going to be retiring soon, thinking about taking a lump sum from your pension pot?

Be QUICK, Rachel is coming for your stash

 

[icowden]

Just saw this on the Beeb about the cost of school uniforms:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4w0l5krvxo

Apparently Becky Mather who is on benefits cannot afford uniforms for her teenaged boys. The cynic in me observes the large neck tattoo, two or three facial tattoos and a shoulder tattoo. My understanding is that tattoos start at about £50. I think there is about £500 worth of tats in the picture, presumably paid for by the taxpayer?

Natalie Hull also can't afford uniforms. Her Facebook says she is a digital creator. She is single and presumably receives child support which should pay for the uniform.

I can't help thinking that they perhaps could afford uniforms if they really wanted to.

Am I too cynical?